I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

“Huuu… ”

Yingying vomited out a lot of shadows, with strands of white slime still clinging to them.

Li Yue flattened the back seat of Ideal Township, laid Yingying down, and forcibly applied self-healing to it, while using the bone sword in his hand to cut at a lump of red, fleshy tumor on its back.

That was a small blood cocoon created by the First Army upon arrival, about two stories high; hanging on the cocoon skin were townspeople who had lost their minds and become half-corpses. The townspeople's emotions and flesh were transformed into nutrients, nourishing the small blood cocoon to continuously produce red mist.

Li Yue cut off a piece of red meat from the tumor and stuffed it into Yingying's face along with the red mist.

“Feeling better?”

“Mm.” Yingying folded its cheeks, “chewed” for a moment, and swallowed the lump of red meat.

Today was the third day that the three demon princes had fled the ruins of the Holy City. Yingying had experienced severe nausea and convulsions due to consuming the flesh of the Celestial Spine.

This kind of injury cannot be healed quickly; it can only wait for Yingying to slowly absorb it.

Presumably, Memphistos, the Demon King, and Oogie Boogie are in similar situations, unable to attend to other matters. Otherwise, Li Yue would have been pulled back by the iron rule that the Lord of Authority cannot leave without permission.

“Alright, since it has regained some energy and can inquire about Memphistos's news, let's do that.” Tom expressed agreement and cut another piece of red meat for Yingying to eat.

“Oh, right.” Tom thought for a moment, guessing that Damon Kirk and the demon merchants had returned to the city first via trade routes or something. No wonder they were seen when the Celestial Spine descended.

“How does he know?”

“The problem lies in the later observations being okay, but regarding how to extract Hellfire, you don't have eight plans…”

How the First Army attacked the Holy City, the Tass Empire will take it back.

“Silly, it's working with us, what's wrong with working with us?” Yingying leaned against the backrest of Ideal Township, flattening its body, looking very comfortable.

“What are you going back to do?” Yingying seemed to be asking without specifying.

Although the banquet in the Holy City has begun, that war has only just ended, and the Tass Empire is already exerting its strength.

“Hehe, after saying so much, you just want to take advantage of being free to wander around with a brain, right?” Egghead exposed Yingying.

Egghead was right. Yingying fell asleep, and Tom alone dialed Li Yue's bone card.

“Yes, once you leave, don't go back! There are still Imperial troops following ahead! You work with us!” Egghead's radar has been facing towards the Holy City, always maintaining vigilance.

“Because Stills has returned to the Abyssal Maw, the 17th Layer has become very unstable, so you are going to conduct field research again to lower the risk…”

“Kill Memphistos.” Tom read Yingying's thoughts and pointed to Oogie Boogie, who was still being dragged outside the trunk, “Your Nollamores are preparing to retrace all the royal accounts, looking at all of Memphistos's words and deeds.”

“We need you alive, and to collect some of Xing Yali's corpses by the way.”

“Perfect, you tell Li Yue.” Xing Ya had been out for a long time, and the journey was rushed, so it was unknown what the situation was like at the Library.

“I remember… we stopped seven times on the road, not counting our last time, there were eight times…” The radar composed of Egghead's particles spun wildly, projecting towards the direction of the Demon King City along the dense red mist.

Li Yue originally wanted to drive Yingying quickly to Loushan and return to the city through the demon route to recuperate in peace, but Yingying called for a stop when passing through a small town.

“Forget it, Memphistos is enough.” Tom looked at Oogie Boogie, whose brain hadn't fully developed, and didn't know how to start.

Egghead detected that the Tass Empire's engineers and machines had already started reconstruction in the Holy City, and squadrons of magic-guided aircraft were bombing town after town, step by step recovering the Church's lost territory and counterattacking the Demon King City.

“It's his business.”

“It won't work, its residual replication magic is only for Xing Yali, if I change it, he can try?” Yingying asked Tom.

Moreover, there was no news about Hellfire. The Tass Empire's army also had magic-guided cannons. If they could seize a few by chance, they wouldn't have to beg Jesse miserably…

That was a famous town within the Church's sphere of influence. The geographical location was not dangerous. The First Army looked at it only because the altitude was low enough to transmit the red mist from the Abyssal Maw, providing ammunition for the red-skinned demons.

Shadow Demons are born in the Abyssal Maw filled with red mist, and the small blood cocoons and red mist in the town can just be used for healing.

“Why is he still leaving?” Egghead's particles relaxed for a while—after being drenched in white slime, Egghead could only barely maintain the radar; most of the time, its egg body was out of control.

Obviously, that room was newly built; it didn't exist outside the Library before departure.

“What is he waiting for? Quickly mark all the royal accounts, and also see if there are any Imperial troops encircling.” Yingying instructed Egghead, “Fenterus was cut into two pieces, presumably the Seventh Army will soon be finished too.”

“Just like the last time Memphistos and Gambel met, we use Oogie Boogie to intercept certain time fragments and see who Memphistos met and what he said during that expedition.” Yingying explained lightly to Egghead.

The Colosseum was beaten until only a candlestick remained. If they were to go back now to find Xing Yali, it was really unknown where that old fly would be hiding.

“Good! Just wait for the Tass Empire's army to catch up, and we'll work with them!” Thin-skinned Egghead was still very brave.

In other words, the First Army of the demon expeditionary force disbanded on the spot, and the demons regained their freedom.

At the same time, the three demon princes also discovered that after Memphistos returned, the authority of the demon commander no longer restrained Yingying and Egghead…

So the townspeople were all made into human batteries.

Tom wasn't sure either.

“Well, it will take a few days, how is the research on Hellfire going?”

“Otherwise, if we go back to Demon King City now, where will we find it?”

Just see what will happen when the Tass Empire attacks the Demon King City.

“Hello, my respected master.” Li Yue nodded slightly, “Are you preparing to return?”

“Good, what do you need me to do?” Hearing a topic related to academics, Tom's mind buzzed, and he hurriedly asked Xing Ya to say the important points.

“Ah? How was it transported back?” In Tom's perception, the First and Seventh Armies were collapsing, being harvested together by the Tass Empire's army from the sky and the ground. How could they have failed and become spoils of war?

Speaking of which, did Jesse advance?

“And along with my absorption of the Celestial Spine, Xing Yali's baby is also recovering…” Yingying pointed to Oogie Boogie's neck, where new buds were growing, “We might as well consume it a bit, lest it regain consciousness again…”

The most urgent matters recently are still Memphistos and magic-guided cannons.

Tom was also glad that he still had “Source of Faith” to exchange for, and couldn't wait to eat it.

“Why doesn't he mark it?” They came together, so Egghead knew more clearly than Yingying.

“Do we need to send Little Ruckus to inquire?” Li Yue's recent work focus wasn't on this, so he didn't know.

Stills's idea was also very simple: if his son was used up, he could have more; if the demon soldiers were used up, they could be hatched again. Eating the Celestial Spine was a win.

Hearing this question, an undisguised look of triumph appeared on Xing Ya's face: “The water under the fire room has already been extracted by me, and is now undergoing a reaction, waiting for the experimental results.”

“Wait, if Oogie Boogie is so useful, can't we directly intercept some of Stills's clips?” Xing Ya felt that there must have been some very important moments in the demon commander's words and deeds during that entire expedition.

“The Little Ruckuses continue to work overtime in the Forbidden Forest. If they have time, they can inquire about Memphistos's whereabouts.” Tom, who had obtained the legacy of the Hunting Kingdom, wasn't too interested in the vault.

“It's not easy to control it…”

“Stills has returned to the Abyssal Maw, the Demon King City is celebrating the victory, the demon market has reopened, and a large batch of spoils of war are being transported back to the vault…” Li Yue said about the situation in the Demon King City.

“What for?” Egghead had never thought about this.

As for the collapse of faith and the suffering of living beings, no one seemed to care.

“I'm tired.” Yingying went pale and fell into a deep sleep.

“Why don't we go back to the city slowly, and you soak in the Abyssal Maw? There's no need to walk and stop so much.” Xing Ya released magma to help Egghead take a bath, looking at the desolate town, feeling very uncomfortable.

On the road, Xing Ya savored it for a long time, and found that it was really a win-win situation to fight like this—the strong divided the Celestial Spine, and the Tass Empire occupied the Church's land.

The bone card projected an image, and Tom saw Li Yue in a room that looked like a laboratory, with bottles and jars piled up behind him.

“As you wish.” Xing Ya nodded, “So you won't be returning in the short term?”

“Ah? What do you mean?” Egghead didn't understand.